Automated eyewear device sharing system

ABSTRACT

Systems, devices, media, and methods are described for capturing a series of raw images by portable electronic devices, such as wearable devices including eyewear, and automating the process of processing such raw images by a client mobile device, such as a smart phone, such automation including the process of uploading to a network and directing to a target audience. In some implementations, a user selects profile settings on the client device before capturing images on the companion device, so that when the companion device has captured the images, the system follows the profile settings upon automatically processing the images captured by the companion device.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a Continuation of U.S. application Ser. No.16/587,158 filed on Sep. 30, 2019, the contents of which areincorporated fully herein by reference.

TECHNICAL FIELD

Examples set forth in the present disclosure relate to portableelectronic devices, including companion and/or wearable devices such aseyewear. More particularly, but not by way of limitation, the presentdisclosure describes systems and methods for capturing a series of rawimages by such portable electronic devices and automatically processingsuch raw images by a client mobile device, such as a smart phone,including uploading to a network and directing to a target audience.

BACKGROUND

Many types of computers and electronic devices available today,including mobile devices (e.g., smartphones, tablets, and laptops) andcompanion and/or wearable devices (e.g., smartglasses, digital eyewear,headwear, headgear, and head-mounted displays), include one or morecameras for capturing one or more images (e.g., still photographs andvideo) as well as internal sensors for collecting information about thelocation, orientation, motion, and heading of the device. These devicesare capable of sending the images to other devices.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Features of the various implementations disclosed will be readilyunderstood from the following detailed description, in which referenceis made to the appending drawing figures. A reference numeral is usedwith each element in the description and throughout the several views ofthe drawing. When a plurality of similar elements is present, a singlereference numeral may be assigned to like elements, with an addedlower-case letter referring to a specific element.

The various elements shown in the figures are not drawn to scale unlessotherwise indicated. The dimensions of the various elements may beenlarged or reduced in the interest of clarity. The several figuresdepict one or more implementations and are presented by way of exampleonly and should not be construed as limiting. Included in the drawingare the following figures:

FIG. 1A is a block diagram illustrating a networked system, according tosome examples;

FIG. 1B is a block diagram illustrating a networked system includingclient and companion (e.g., wearable) devices, according to someexamples;

FIGS. 2A and 2B are front and top views of example hardwareconfigurations of an eyewear device utilized in the image capture,composition and sharing system;

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of an example image capture,composition and sharing system including an eyewear device, a mobiledevice, and a server system connected via various networks;

FIG. 4 is a diagrammatic representation of an example hardwareconfiguration for a mobile device of the image capture, composition andsharing system of FIG. 3 ; and

FIG. 5 is a flow chart of example steps for capturing and automaticallysharing images.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Various implementations and details are described with reference to anexample: an image and video capture and sharing system for capturing aseries of raw images segments with a portable electronic device andautomating the process of processing such raw images segments by aclient mobile device, such as a smart phone, including the process ofuploading to a network and directing to a target audience.

There may be times that a user may wish to immediately share or elect toimmediately or almost immediately share upon syncing with a mobiledevice, images captured with a companion device. This may occur, forexample, while a user is driving, or simply does not feel like manuallyprocessing images at the moment captured. In such cases, the user mayend up not sharing the captured images because by the time the user isable to turn attention to the images, the moment is gone (such that theimages have become stale and/or obsolete). The automated image capture,composition, and sharing system according to examples herein addressthis and other issues. It may also increase the engagement of companion(e.g., eyewear) device users, because they can share more and live morein the moment.

The following detailed description includes systems, methods,techniques, instruction sequences, and computing machine programproducts illustrative of examples set forth in the disclosure. Numerousdetails and examples are included for the purpose of providing athorough understanding of the disclosed subject matter and its relevantteachings. Those skilled in the relevant art, however, may understandhow to apply the relevant teachings without such details. Aspects of thedisclosed subject matter are not limited to the specific devices,systems, and method described because the relevant teachings can beapplied or practice in a variety of ways. The terminology andnomenclature used herein is for the purpose of describing particularaspects only and is not intended to be limiting. In general, well-knowninstruction instances, protocols, structures, and techniques are notnecessarily shown in detail.

The term “image” or “images” as used herein includes at least onesingular image, such as a photograph, and/or at least one collection orseries of related images, such as a video, time-lapse photograph, etc.

The term “coupled,” “connected” or “paired,” as used herein refers toany logical, optical, physical, or electrical connection, including alink or the like by which the electrical or magnetic signals produced orsupplied by one system element are imparted to another coupled,connected or paired system element. Unless described otherwise, coupled,connected or paired elements or devices are not necessarily directlyconnected to one another and may be separated by intermediatecomponents, elements, or communication media, one or more of which maymodify, manipulate, or carry the electrical signals. The term “paired”often (although not always) also connotes “bonding,” which is theexchange of long-term keys after pairing occurs, and storing those keysfor later use, i.e., the creation of permanent security between devices.The term “on” means directly supported by an element or indirectlysupported by the element through another element that is integrated intoor otherwise supported by the element.

The orientations of the eyewear device, associated components and anycomplete devices incorporating a three-dimensional camera such as shownin any of the drawings, are given by way of example only, forillustration and discussion purposes. In operation, the eyewear devicemay be oriented in any other direction suitable to the particularapplication of the eyewear device; for example, up, down, sideways, orany other orientation. Also, to the extent used herein, any directionalterm, such as front, rear, inward, outward, toward, left, right,lateral, longitudinal, up, down, upper, lower, top, bottom, side,horizontal, vertical, and diagonal are used by way of example only, andare not limiting as to direction or orientation of any three-dimensionalcamera or component of the three-dimensional camera constructed asotherwise described herein.

Additional objects, advantages and novel features of the examples willbe set forth in part in the following description, and in part willbecome apparent to those skilled in the art upon examination of thefollowing and the accompanying drawings or may be learned by productionor operation of the examples. The objects and advantages of the presentsubject matter may be realized and attained by means of themethodologies, instrumentalities and combinations particularly pointedout in the appended claims.

A wide variety of visible-light cameras are integrated into portableelectronic devices, including mobile phones and wearable devices likeelectronic eyewear devices (e.g., smartglasses). A stereo camera has twolenses or includes two cameras working together, each with its own imagesensor or film frame. A stereo camera captures two images of the samescene, taken from slightly different perspectives because the lenses arespaced apart. The separation distance between the lenses may be sized toapproximate the distance between a person's eyes, to better simulatehuman binocular vision. A stereo camera captures two separate images ofthe same scene, taken from slightly different perspectives.

Reference now is made in detail to the examples illustrated in theaccompanying drawings and discussed below.

FIG. 1A is a network diagram depicting a network system 100, which maybe employed in one example, having a client-server architectureconfigured for exchanging data over a network. Such a network system maybe used to communicate information for virtual objects to be displayedon client devices 110, street view data used to create façade models,and the resulting façade models as they are used by augmented realitysystem 160. In some examples, the network system 100 may be a messagingsystem where clients communicate and exchange data within the networksystem 100. The data may pertain to various functions (e.g., sending andreceiving text and media communication, determining geolocation, etc.)and aspects associated with the network system 100 and its users.Although illustrated herein as client-server architecture, otherexamples may include other network architectures, such as peer-to-peeror distributed network environments.

As shown in FIG. 1A, the network system 100 includes a social messagingsystem 130. The social messaging system 130 is generally based on athree-tiered architecture, consisting of an interface layer 124, anapplication logic layer 126, and a data layer 128. As is understood byskilled artisans in the relevant computer and Internet-related arts,each module or engine shown in FIG. 1A. represents a set of executablesoftware instructions and the corresponding hardware (e.g., memory andprocessor) for executing the instructions. To avoid obscuring thesubject matter described herein with unnecessary detail, variousfunctional modules and engines that are not germane to conveying anunderstanding of the described subject matter have been omitted fromFIG. 1A. Additional functional modules and engines may be used with asocial messaging system, such as that illustrated in FIG. 1A, tofacilitate additional functionality that is not specifically describedherein. Furthermore, the various functional modules and engines depictedin FIG. 1A may reside on a single server computer or may be distributedacross several server computers in various arrangements. Moreover,although the social messaging system 130 is depicted in FIG. 1A as athree-tiered architecture, the subject matter is by no means limited tosuch an architecture.

As shown in FIG. 1A, the interface layer 124 consists of interfacemodules (e.g., a web server) 140, which receive requests from variousclient-computing devices and servers, such as client devices 110executing client applications 112, and third party servers 120 executingthird party applications 122. In response to received requests, theinterface modules 140 communicate appropriate responses to requestingdevices via a network 104. For example, the interface modules 140 canreceive requests such as Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) requests orother web-based Application Programming Interface (API) requests.

The client devices 110 can execute conventional web browser applicationsor applications (also referred to as “apps”) that have been developedfor a specific platform to include any of a wide variety of mobilecomputing devices and mobile-specific operating systems (e.g., IOS™,ANDROID™, WINDOWS® PHONE). In an example, the client devices 110 areexecuting the client applications 112. The client applications 112 canprovide functionality to present information to a user 106 andcommunicate via the network 104 to exchange information with the socialmessaging system 130. Each of the client devices 110 can comprise acomputing device that includes at least a display and communicationcapabilities with the network 104 to access the social messaging system130. The client devices 110 comprise, but are not limited to, remotedevices, work stations, computers, general purpose computers, Internetappliances, hand-held devices, wireless devices, portable devices,wearable computers, cellular or mobile phones, personal digitalassistants (PDAs), automotive computing devices with driver heads updisplays (HUD), smart phones, tablets, ultrabooks, netbooks, laptops,desktops, multi-processor systems, microprocessor-based or programmableconsumer electronics, game consoles, set-top boxes, network personalcomputers (PCs), mini-computers, and the like. Users 106 can include aperson, a machine, or other means of interacting with the client devices110. In some examples, the users 106 interact with the social messagingsystem 130 via the client devices 110.

As shown in FIG. 1A, the data layer 128 has one or more database servers132 that facilitate access to information storage repositories ordatabases 134. The databases 134 are storage devices that store datasuch as sets of images of external areas generated by client devices 110and sent to social messaging system 130; sets of façade data generatedfrom images including buildings; map data matching images and façadedata to geolocations; and other such data. In one example, a databasestores images captured from a street and associates those images withmap data. Some implementations of such an example may use filters orimage cropping to remove people from the images, such as an example thatonly stores image data above a height that includes people. Databases134 may also store data such as member profile data, social graph data(e.g., relationships between members of the social messaging system130), and other user data.

An individual can register with the social messaging system 130 tobecome a member of the social messaging system 130. Once registered, amember can form social network relationships (e.g., friends, followers,or contacts) on the social messaging system 130 and interact with abroad range of applications provided by the social messaging system 130.

The application logic layer 126 includes various application logicmodules 150, which, in conjunction with the interface modules 140,generate various user interfaces with data retrieved from various datasources or data services in the data layer 128. Individual applicationlogic modules 150 may be used to implement the functionality associatedwith various applications, services, and features of the socialmessaging system 130, including aspects of augmented reality system 160.For instance, a social messaging application can be implemented with oneor more of the application logic modules 150. The social messagingapplication provides a messaging mechanism for users of the clientdevices 110 to send and receive messages that include text and mediacontent such as pictures and video. The social messaging application mayalso include mechanisms for providing augmented reality displays andcontent that integrate pictures and video with virtual objects. Theclient devices 110 may provide augmented reality displays and may alsoenable users to access and view the messages from the social messagingapplication for a specified period of time (e.g., limited or unlimited).In an example, a particular message is accessible to a message recipientfor a predefined duration (e.g., specified by a message sender) thatbegins when the particular message is first accessed. After thepredefined duration elapses, the message is deleted and is no longeraccessible to the message recipient. Similarly, augmented realitycontent may be provided for a predefined duration. Other applicationsand services may be separately embodied in their own application logicmodules 150.

As illustrated in FIG. 1A, the social messaging system 130 or the clientapplications 112 may include augmented reality system 160 that providesfunctionality to generate augmented reality images. In some examples,the augmented reality system 160 can be implemented as a standalonesystem on a client device 110 and is not necessarily included in thesocial messaging system 130. In other examples, the client devices 110include a portion of the augmented reality system 160 (e.g., a portionof the augmented reality system 160 may be included independently or inthe client applications 112). In examples where the client devices 110include a portion of the augmented reality system 160, the clientdevices 110 can work alone or in conjunction with the portion of theaugmented reality system 160 included in a particular application serveror included in the social messaging system 130.

FIG. 1B illustrates an alternative network system 101 that may be usedwith certain examples. Network system 101 includes social messagingsystem 130 with interface modules 140, application logic modules 150,database servers 132, and databases 134, as well as client devices 110operating client applications 112, just as in network system 100.Network system 101, however, additionally includes client companiondevices 114 connected to client devices 110. Client companion devices114 may be wearable devices such as glasses, visors, watches, or othernetwork enabled items. Client companion devices may also be any devicedescribed herein that accesses a network such as network 104 via anotherdevice such as client device 110. Client companion devices 114 includeimage sensors 116, wireless input and output (I/O) 117, and a display118. Client companion devices 114 may include one or more processors, abattery, and a memory, but may have limited processing and memoryresources. In such examples, client device 110 and/or server computingdevices used for social messaging system 130 may be used via networkconnections to provide remote processing and memory resources for clientcompanion devices 114. In one example, for example, client companiondevice 114 may be a pair of network enabled glasses, such as the glasses200 of FIG. 2 . Such glasses may not include any sensor basedpositioning system, so that methods described herein that perform aninitial location estimate may estimate the position of a client device110 that is wirelessly connected to the glasses. The glasses 200,however, gather images using image sensors 116 and use those images as abasis to generate and present augmented reality information to the uservia display 118. The perspective of the images and any virtual objectsadded to images thus need to be tracked based on the position of theclient companion device 114 (e.g., glasses 200). In such an example, theinitial location may be based on the client device 110 location usingglobal positioning system (GPS) or network enhanced location services.An image based location system 161 operating either on client devices110, on social messaging system 130, or on both, may then use image datafrom image sensors 116 along with façade data identified by the initiallocation of the client device 110 to determine a location of the clientcompanion device 114. In some examples, because the range of wirelessI/O 117 systems is low, the system may assume that the location ofclient device 110 is within a sufficiently close distance of clientcompanion device 114 that the façade data for buildings close to bothdevices will be the same.

In one example, the client device 110 is a mobile device, such as asmartphone, and the companion device 114 is an eyewear device. FIGS. 2Aand 2B present front and top perspective views of an example eyeweardevice 200. As a general overview, eyewear device 200 includes a frame210 and one or more panels 220. The following paragraphs set forthadditional details of eyewear device 200.

Frame 210 includes a pair of rims 212 which define respective openings.The openings defined by rims 212 sit in front of a user's eyes when theuser wears eyewear device 200. Rims 212 may completely surround orencircle their respective openings, as shown in FIG. 2A, or may onlypartially surround or encircle their respective openings.

Frame 210 may further include a bridge 214 connecting between rims 212,and a pair of arms 216 extending from respective rims 212. Bridge 214sits in place on the upper part of a user's nose when the user wearseyewear device 200. Arms 216 extend along the sides of the user's head,and may rest on the user's ears, when the user wears eyewear device 200.Arms 216 may rigidly connect to rims 212 or may connect to rims 212 viahinges to enable folding of arms 216.

Panels 220 are positioned within respective ones of the openings definedby rims 212 of frame 210. Panels 220 cover an area in front of theuser's eyes when the user wears eyewear device 200.

At least one of the panels 220 may be a waveguide coupled to a display.Further, in this example, portions of frame 210, e.g., rims 212, bridge214, and/or legs 216, may support and/or house components of thedisplay, including for example, a light source, a controller, and/or apower supply. The waveguide may be, for example, diffractive,holographic, or reflective. Suitable material for forming a panel 220 asa waveguide will be known from the description herein.

Where only one panel 220 is coupled to a display, the other panel 220may take any other form, or may be omitted. Alternative panels 220 maycontain or consist of transparent, translucent, or tinted materials,and/or may take the form of a lens, if desired.

FIG. 2A further shows two cameras 218 capable of capturing imageinformation for a scene from two separate viewpoints. Left and rightvisible-light cameras 218 may be situated on left and right chunks 224.Left and right visible-light cameras 218 are sensitive to thevisible-light range wavelength. The two captured images may be used toproject a three-dimensional display onto a screen for viewing with 3Dglasses.

The eyewear device 200 may include optical assemblies 180 with imagedisplays to present images, such as depth images.

Eyewear device 200 includes one or more structures for obtaining userinput, which in the example depicted in FIG. 2B include buttons 222 oneach side of the device, e.g., on chunks 224. It is understood that suchinput structures may be effectuated by a wide variety of means,including physical buttons, touch-sensitive surfaces, etc., and that thelocation and size of such input structures are not limited to thelocations and sizes depicted in FIG. 2 . It is also understood thatalthough two buttons are depicted in FIG. 2 , there may be more or lessinput structures.

Examples of visible-light cameras 218 include a high-resolutioncomplementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor and adigital VGA camera (video graphics array) capable of resolutions of 640p(e.g., 640×480 pixels for a total of 0.3 megapixels), 720p, or 1080p.Other examples of visible-light cameras 218 that can capturehigh-definition (HD) still images and store them at a resolution of 1642by 1642 pixels (or greater); and/or record high-definition video at ahigh frame rate (e.g., thirty to sixty frames per second or more) andstore the recording at a resolution of 1216 by 1216 pixels (or greater).

The eyewear device 200 may capture image sensor data from thevisible-light cameras 218 along with geolocation data, digitized by animage processor, for storage in a memory. The left and right raw imagescaptured by respective visible-light cameras 218 are in thetwo-dimensional space domain and comprise a matrix of pixels on atwo-dimensional coordinate system that includes an X-axis for horizontalposition and a Y-axis for vertical position. Each pixel includes a colorattribute value (e.g., a red pixel light value, a green pixel lightvalue, and/or a blue pixel light value); and a position attribute (e.g.,an X-axis coordinate and a Y-axis coordinate).

In order to capture stereo images for later display as athree-dimensional projection, an image processor 912 (shown in FIG. 3 )may be coupled to the visible-light cameras 218 to receive and store thevisual image information. A timestamp for each image may be added by theimage processor 912 or another processor which controls operation of thevisible-light cameras 218, which act as a stereo camera to simulatehuman binocular vision. The timestamp on each pair of images allows theimages to be displayed together as part of a three-dimensionalprojection. Three-dimensional projections create an immersive, life-likeexperience that is desirable in a variety of contexts, including virtualreality (VR) and video gaming.

The generated depth images are in the three-dimensional space domain andcan comprise a matrix of vertices on a three-dimensional locationcoordinate system that includes an X axis for horizontal position (e.g.,length), a Y axis for vertical position (e.g., height), and a Z axis fordepth (e.g., distance). Each vertex may include a color attribute (e.g.,a red pixel light value, a green pixel light value, and/or a blue pixellight value); a position attribute (e.g., an X location coordinate, a Ylocation coordinate, and a Z location coordinate); a texture attributeand/or a reflectance attribute. The texture attribute quantifies theperceived texture of the depth image, such as the spatial arrangement ofcolor or intensities in a region of vertices of the depth image.

Disposed inside chunks 224 may be various interconnected circuit boards,such as PCBs or flexible PCBs, that include controller circuits forvisible-light cameras 218, microphone(s), low-power wireless circuitry(e.g., for wireless short range network communication via Bluetooth™),high-speed wireless circuitry (e.g., for wireless local area networkcommunication via WiFi).

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of an example image capture,composition and sharing system 1000 including an eyewear device 200, amobile device 890, and a server system 998 connected via variousnetworks 995 such as the Internet. The system 1000 includes a low-powerwireless connection 925 and a high-speed wireless connection 937 betweenthe eyewear device 200 and a mobile device 890, as shown.

The eyewear device 200 includes one or more visible-light cameras 218which may be capable of capturing still images, as described herein. Thecameras 218 may have a direct memory access (DMA) to high-speedcircuitry 930. The pair of cameras 218 may function as a stereo camera,as described herein. The cameras 218 may be used to captureinitial-depth images that may be rendered into three-dimensional (3D)models that are texture-mapped images of a red, green, and blue (RGB)imaged scene. The device 200 may also include a depth sensor 213, whichuses infrared signals to estimate the position of objects relative tothe device 200. The depth sensor 213 in some examples includes one ormore infrared emitter(s) 215 and infrared camera(s) 217.

The eyewear device 200 may further include two image displays of eachoptical assembly 180A, 180B (one associated with the left side and oneassociated with the right side). The eyewear device 200 also includes animage display driver 942, an image processor 912, low-power circuitry920, and high-speed circuitry 930. The image displays of each opticalassembly 180A, 180B are for presenting images, including still imagesand video. The image display driver 942 is coupled to the image displaysof each optical assembly 180A, 180B in order to control the imagesdisplayed. The eyewear device 200 further includes a user input device222 (e.g., a button, touch sensor or touchpad) to receive atwo-dimensional input selection from a user.

The components shown in FIG. 3 for the eyewear device 200 are located onone or more circuit boards, for example a PCB or flexible PCB, locatedin the rims or temples of the example depicted in FIG. 2 .Alternatively, or additionally, the depicted components can be locatedin the chunks, frames, hinges, or bridge of the eyewear device 200. Leftand right visible-light cameras 218 can include digital camera elementssuch as a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor, acharge-coupled device, a lens, or any other respective visible or lightcapturing elements that may be used to capture data, including stillimages or video of scenes with unknown objects.

In the example shown in FIG. 3 , high-speed circuitry 930 includes ahigh-speed processor 932, a memory 934, and high-speed wirelesscircuitry 936. In the example, the image display driver 942 is coupledto the high-speed circuitry 930 and operated by the high-speed processor932 in order to drive the left and right image displays of each opticalassembly 180A, 180B. High-speed processor 932 may be any processorcapable of managing high-speed communications and operation of anygeneral computing system needed for eyewear device 200. High-speedprocessor 932 includes processing resources needed for managinghigh-speed data transfers on high-speed wireless connection 937 to awireless local area network (WLAN) using high-speed wireless circuitry936. In certain examples, the high-speed processor 932 executes anoperating system such as a LINUX operating system or other suchoperating system of the eyewear device 200 and the operating system isstored in memory 934 for execution. In addition to any otherresponsibilities, the high-speed processor 932 executes a softwarearchitecture for the eyewear device 200 that is used to manage datatransfers with high-speed wireless circuitry 936. In certain examples,high-speed wireless circuitry 936 is configured to implement Instituteof Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 communicationstandards, also referred to herein as Wi-Fi. In other examples, otherhigh-speed communications standards may be implemented by high-speedwireless circuitry 936.

The low-power circuitry 920 includes a low-power processor 922 andlow-power wireless circuitry 924. The low-power wireless circuitry 924and the high-speed wireless circuitry 936 of the eyewear device 200 caninclude short range transceivers (Bluetooth™) and wireless wide, local,or wide-area network transceivers (e.g., cellular or WiFi). Mobiledevice 890, including the transceivers communicating via the low-powerwireless connection 925 and the high-speed wireless connection 937, maybe implemented using details of the architecture of the eyewear device200, as can other elements of the network 995.

Memory 934 includes any storage device capable of storing various dataand applications, including, among other things, camera data generatedby the left and right visible-light cameras 218, the infrared camera(s)217, the image processor 912, and images generated for display by theimage display driver 942 on the image display of each optical assembly180A, 180B. Although the memory 934 is shown as integrated withhigh-speed circuitry 930, the memory 934 in other examples may be anindependent, standalone element of the eyewear device 200. In certainsuch examples, electrical routing lines may provide a connection througha chip that includes the high-speed processor 932 from the imageprocessor 912 or low-power processor 922 to the memory 934. In otherexamples, the high-speed processor 932 may manage addressing of memory934 such that the low-power processor 922 will boot the high-speedprocessor 932 any time that a read or write operation involving memory934 is needed.

As shown in the example of FIG. 3 , the high-speed processor 932 of theeyewear device 200 can be coupled to the camera system (visible-lightcameras 218), the image display driver 942, the user input device 222,and the memory 934. As shown in FIG. 4 , the CPU 830 of the mobiledevice 890 may be coupled to a camera system 870, a mobile displaydriver 882, a user input layer 891, and a memory 840A. The eyeweardevice 200 can perform all or a subset of any of the functions describedherein which result from the execution of the image composition system500 in the memory 934 by the processor 932 of the eyewear device 200.The mobile device 890 can perform all or a subset of any of thefunctions described herein which result from the execution of the imagecomposition system 500 in the flash memory 840A by the CPU 830 of themobile device 890. Functions can be divided in the image compositionsystem 500 such that the eyewear device 200 captures the images,collects IMU data, and gathers sensor data, and the mobile device 890performs the calculating, computing, and combining functions.

The server system 998 may be one or more computing devices as part of aservice or network computing system, for example, that include aprocessor, a memory, and network communication interface to communicateover the network 995 with an eyewear device 200 and a mobile device 890.

The output components of the eyewear device 200 may include visualelements, such as the left and right image displays associated with eachlens or optical assembly 180A, 180B as described above (e.g., a displaysuch as a liquid crystal display (LCD), a plasma display panel (PDP), alight emitting diode (LED) display, a projector, or a waveguide). Theeyewear device 200 may include a user-facing indicator (e.g., an LED, aloudspeaker, or a vibrating actuator), and/or an outward-facing signal(e.g., an LED, a loudspeaker). The image displays of each opticalassembly 180A, 180B are driven by the image display driver 942. In someexample configurations, the output components of the eyewear device 200further include additional indicators such as audible elements (e.g.,loudspeakers), tactile components (e.g., an actuator such as a vibratorymotor to generate haptic feedback), and other signal generators. Forexample, the device 200 may include a user-facing set of indicators, andan outward-facing set of signals. The user-facing set of indicators areconfigured to be seen or otherwise sensed by the user of the device 200.For example, the device 200 may include an LED display positioned so theuser can see it, a loudspeaker positioned to generate a sound the usercan hear, or an actuator to provide haptic feedback the user can feel.The outward-facing set of signals are configured to be seen or otherwisesensed by an observer near the device 200. Similarly, the device 200 mayinclude an LED, a loudspeaker, or an actuator that is configured andpositioned to be sensed by an observer.

Although shown as buttons 222 in FIG. 2B, the input components of theeyewear device 200 may be or include alphanumeric input components(e.g., a touch screen or touchpad configured to receive alphanumericinput, a photo-optical keyboard, or other alphanumeric-configuredelements), pointer-based input components (e.g., a mouse, a touchpad, atrackball, a joystick, a motion sensor, or other pointing instruments),tactile input components (e.g., a button switch, a touch screen ortouchpad that senses the location and/or force of touches or touchgestures, or other tactile-configured elements), and audio inputcomponents (e.g., a microphone), and the like. The mobile device 890 andthe server system 998 may include alphanumeric, pointer-based, tactile,audio, and other input components.

In some examples, the eyewear device 200 includes a sensor array 980, asshown in FIG. 3 . Elements of the sensor array 980 include thevisible-light camera(s) 218, a user input device 222 (e.g., a button,touch screen or touchpad, a button switch), a microphone 993 (e.g., anarray of two or more microphones), a depth sensor 213, and a collectionof motion-sensing components referred to as an inertial measurement unit972. The motion-sensing components may be micro-electro-mechanicalsystems (MEMS) with microscopic moving parts, often small enough to bepart of a microchip.

The inertial measurement unit (IMU) 972 in some example configurationsincludes an accelerometer 974, a gyroscope 976, and a magnetometer 978.The accelerometer 974 senses the linear acceleration of the device 200(including the acceleration due to gravity) relative to three orthogonalaxes (x, y, z). The gyroscope 976 senses the angular velocity of thedevice 200 about three axes of rotation (pitch, roll, yaw). Together,the accelerometer 974 and gyroscope 976 can provide position,orientation, and motion data about the device relative to six axes (x,y, z, pitch, roll, yaw). The magnetometer 978 senses the heading of thedevice 200 relative to magnetic north. The position of the device 200may be determined by location sensors, such as a GPS receiver, one ormore transceivers to generate relative position coordinates, altitudesensors or barometers, and other orientation sensors. Such positioningsystem coordinates can also be received over the wireless connections925, 937 from the mobile device 890 via the low-power wireless circuitry924 or the high-speed wireless circuitry 936.

The IMU 972 may include or cooperate with a digital motion processor orprogramming that gathers the raw data from the components and compute anumber of useful values about the position, orientation, and motion ofthe device 200. For example, the acceleration data gathered from theaccelerometer 974 can be integrated to obtain the velocity relative toeach axis (x, y, z); and integrated again to obtain the position of thedevice 200 (in linear coordinates, x, y, and z). The angular velocitydata from the gyroscope 976 can be integrated to obtain the position ofthe device 200 (in spherical coordinates). The programming for computingthese useful values may be stored in memory 934 and executed by thehigh-speed processor 932 of the eyewear device 200.

The eyewear device 200 may optionally include additional peripheralsensors, such as biometric sensors, specialty sensors, or displayelements integrated with eyewear device 200. For example, peripheraldevice elements may include any I/O components including outputcomponents, motion components, position components, or any other suchelements described herein. For example, the biometric sensors mayinclude components to detect expressions (e.g., hand expressions, facialexpressions, vocal expressions, body gestures, or eye tracking), tomeasure biosignals (e.g., blood pressure, heart rate, body temperature,perspiration, or brain waves), or to identify a person (e.g.,identification based on voice, retina, facial characteristics,fingerprints, or electrical biosignals such as electroencephalogramdata), and the like.

The image capture, composition and sharing system 1000, as shown in FIG.3 , includes a computing device, such as mobile device 890, coupled toan eyewear device 200 over a network. The sensor array 980 of theeyewear device 200, as described herein, includes one or morevisible-light cameras 218 for capturing a series of raw images segments,an inertial measurement unit 972 for collecting data about the position,orientation, and motion of the eyewear device 200.

The image capture, composition and sharing system 1000 further includesa memory for storing instructions, including potentially those in animage composition system 500, and a processor for executing theinstructions. The system 1000 may utilize the memory 934 of the eyeweardevice 200 (FIG. 3 ) and/or the memory elements 840A, 840B of the mobiledevice 890 (FIG. 4 ). Also, the system 1000 may utilize the processorelements 932, 922 of the eyewear device 200 (FIG. 3 ) and/or the centralprocessing unit (CPU) 830 of the mobile device 890 (FIG. 4 ).Furthermore, the system 1000 may further utilize the memory andprocessor elements of the server system 998 (FIG. 3 ). In this aspect,the memory and processing functions of the image capture, compositionand sharing system 1000 can be shared or distributed across the eyeweardevice 200 and the mobile device 890 and/or the server system 998.

The mobile device 890 may be a smartphone, tablet, laptop computer,access point, or any other such device capable of connecting witheyewear device 200 using both a low-power wireless connection 925 and ahigh-speed wireless connection 937. Mobile device 890 is connected toserver system 998 and network 995. The network 995 may include anycombination of wired and wireless connections.

FIG. 4 is a high-level functional block diagram of an example mobiledevice 890. Mobile device 890 includes a flash memory 840A whichincludes programming to perform all or a subset of the functionsdescribed herein. Mobile device 890 may include a camera 870 thatcomprises at least two visible-light cameras (first and secondvisible-light cameras with overlapping fields of view) or at least onevisible-light camera and a depth sensor with substantially overlappingfields of view. Flash memory 840A may further include multiple images orvideo, which are generated via the camera 870.

As shown, the mobile device 890 includes an image display 880, a mobiledisplay driver 882 to control the image display 880, and a controller884. In the example of FIG. 4 , the image display 880 includes a userinput layer 891 (e.g., a touchscreen) that is layered on top of orotherwise integrated into the screen used by the image display 880.

Examples of touchscreen-type mobile devices that may be used include(but are not limited to) a smart phone, a personal digital assistant(PDA), a tablet computer, a laptop computer, or other portable device.However, the structure and operation of the touchscreen-type devices isprovided by way of example; the subject technology as described hereinis not intended to be limited thereto. For purposes of this discussion,FIG. 4 therefore provides a block diagram illustration of the examplemobile device 890 with a user interface that includes a touchscreeninput layer 891 for receiving input (by touch, multi-touch, or gesture,and the like, by hand, stylus or other tool) and an image display 880for displaying content.

In the example shown in FIG. 4 , the mobile device 890 includes at leastone digital transceiver (XCVR) 810, shown as WWAN XCVRs, for digitalwireless communications via a wide-area wireless mobile communicationnetwork. The mobile device 890 also includes additional digital oranalog transceivers, such as short range XCVRs 820 for short-rangenetwork communication, such as via NFC, VLC, DECT, ZigBee, Bluetooth™,or WiFi. For example, short range XCVRs 820 may take the form of anyavailable two-way wireless local area network (WLAN) transceiver of atype that is compatible with one or more standard protocols ofcommunication implemented in wireless local area networks, such as oneof the Wi-Fi standards under IEEE 802.11.

To generate location coordinates for positioning of the mobile device890, the mobile device 890 can include a global positioning system (GPS)receiver. Alternatively, or additionally the mobile device 890 canutilize either or both the short range XCVRs 820 and WWAN XCVRs 810 forgenerating location coordinates for positioning. For example, cellularnetwork, Wi-Fi, or Bluetooth™ based positioning systems can generatevery accurate location coordinates, particularly when used incombination. Such location coordinates can be transmitted to the eyeweardevice over one or more network connections via XCVRs 810, 820.

The transceivers 810, 820 (i.e., the network communication interface)conforms to one or more of the various digital wireless communicationstandards utilized by modern mobile networks. Examples of WWANtransceivers 810 include (but are not limited to) transceiversconfigured to operate in accordance with Code Division Multiple Access(CDMA) and 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) networktechnologies including, for example and without limitation, 3GPP type 2(or 3GPP2) and LTE, at times referred to as “4G.” For example, thetransceivers 810, 820 provide two-way wireless communication ofinformation including digitized audio signals, still image and videosignals, web page information for display as well as web-related inputs,and various types of mobile message communications to/from the mobiledevice 890.

The mobile device 890 further includes a microprocessor that functionsas a central processing unit (CPU); shown as CPU 830 in FIG. 4 . Aprocessor is a circuit having elements structured and arranged toperform one or more processing functions, typically various dataprocessing functions. Although discrete logic components could be used,the examples utilize components forming a programmable CPU. Amicroprocessor for example includes one or more integrated circuit (IC)chips incorporating the electronic elements to perform the functions ofthe CPU. The CPU 830, for example, may be based on any known oravailable microprocessor architecture, such as a Reduced Instruction SetComputing (RISC) using an ARM architecture, as commonly used today inmobile devices and other portable electronic devices. Of course, otherarrangements of processor circuitry may be used to form the CPU 830 orprocessor hardware in smartphone, laptop computer, and tablet.

The CPU 830 serves as a programmable host controller for the mobiledevice 890 by configuring the mobile device 890 to perform variousoperations, for example, in accordance with instructions or programmingexecutable by CPU 830. For example, such operations may include variousgeneral operations of the mobile device, as well as operations relatedto the programming for applications on the mobile device. Although aprocessor may be configured by use of hardwired logic, typicalprocessors in mobile devices are general processing circuits configuredby execution of programming.

The mobile device 890 includes a memory or storage system, for storingprogramming and data. In the example, the memory system may include aflash memory 840A, a random-access memory (RAM) 840B, and other memorycomponents, as needed. The RAM 840B serves as short-term storage forinstructions and data being handled by the CPU 830, e.g., as a workingdata processing memory. The flash memory 840A typically provideslonger-term storage.

Hence, in the example of mobile device 890, the flash memory 840A isused to store programming or instructions for execution by the CPU 830.Depending on the type of device, the mobile device 890 stores and runs amobile operating system through which specific applications areexecuted. Examples of mobile operating systems include Google Android,Apple iOS (for iPhone or iPad devices), Windows Mobile, Amazon Fire OS,RIM BlackBerry OS, or the like.

Referring again to FIG. 3 , the example image composition and sharingsystem 1000 includes an eyewear device 200 coupled to a mobile device890 over a network 995. The memory 934 includes an image compositionsystem 500 and one or more profiles for capture and processing. In oneexample, there is a capture profile 510 and a processing profile 520. Inone example, a user is able to set various parameters for the captureand/or processing profiles on a client device such as mobile device 890prior to capture of images by a companion device such as eyewear device200, as depicted by step 710 in FIG. 5 .

In one example, a user is also able to select options for one or moreautomatic sharing profiles as depicted by step 720 in FIG. 5 . The oneor more automatic sharing profiles may comprise separate profiles or aconsolidated profile for send and audience options, which is the intentof the depiction of two joined blocks 730 and 732 in FIG. 5 . It istherefore understood that the terms “send profile” and “audienceprofile” as used in FIG. 5 and generally herein, may include twoseparate profiles but, unless otherwise indicated, does not require twoseparate profiles but may be part of a single automatic sharing profile.

The automatic sharing profile may include options for assigning one ormore input structures buttons 222 of eyewear 200 (depicted in FIG. 2B)to execute manual and/or automatic sharing functions. For example, foran eyewear device 200 that has two input structures—represented in thatexample as two buttons 222—a profile may assign one button 222 tostandard photo/video handling without automatic sending functionality,and another button 222 to automatically share captured images via theclient (mobile device) when connected. Alternatively, another profilesuch as the capture profile may include options for assigning one ormore input structures buttons 222 of eyewear 200 to execute manualand/or automatic sharing functions. This latter arrangement furtherenables the example (discussed further as an example in the nextparagraph below) where it is not necessary to set and/or upload theautomatic sharing profile to mobile device 890 before capture 760 of theimages by eyewear device 200, so long as the settings are established bythe time any captured new images are synced 770 with the mobile device890.

For example, a person of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate thatalthough the automatic sharing profile(s) may be established on themobile device 890 in a preferred example before an (optional)pairing/syncing 740 with eyewear device 200 in the example of FIG. 5 ,the automatic sharing profile(s) can be established on mobile device 890virtually any time so long as it is before eyewear device 200 hascaptured 760 the images and syncs 770 with mobile device 890. In otherwords, the automatic sharing profile(s) should be established on mobiledevice 890 by the time syncing 770 with the new images occurs so thatmobile device 890 can correctly and timely execute the profileparameters automatically at the time of syncing 770. The absence of aneed to set the profile in advance in such an example is one reason whypairing/syncing 740 in FIG. 5 is indicated as optional.

In one example, send profile 730 includes options for the level ofautomation for the send feature. For example, a first option may be tosimply apply a default or the last selected level of automation. Asecond option might be to specify that the client should automaticallysend and share the images upon connection. A third option might be toautomatically send and share after a small (e.g., X seconds) delay,thereby providing the user with a limited time period to execute anoption to review, modify and/or cancel the post. A fourth option mightbe to hold for review by the user, allowing the user an indefiniteperiod to execute an option to review, modify and/or cancel the post. Ofcourse, a person of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that avariety of automatic send options could be envisioned and/or included,and other automatic send options are encompassed.

In one example, audience profile 732 includes options for establishingthe audience for sharing so that once synced 770 with new images to beautomatically shared, mobile device 890 can appropriately direct thepost. For example, a first option may be to simply apply a default orthe last selected audience. A second option might be to direct the postto the user's most recent chat. A third option might be to direct thepost to a more general audience such as the user's “story.” A person ofordinary skill in the art will appreciate that different programs and/ormobile apps may offer various permutations of a user's story, such as“My Story”, or “Our Story,” or even other non-“story” type audiences,all of which are within the scope of this example.

As noted above, in one example, execution of the instructions of theimage composition system 500 by the processor 932 configures the eyeweardevice 200—in accordance with the capture profile 510—to capture aseries 540 of raw image segments and to collect a data set 572associated with each image segment in the series 540. In such anexample, capture profile 510 may have the assignment data for inputstructure(s) 222. For example, the profile may assign, or direct eyewear200 to assign, one button 222 to execute standard capture of photo/video750 without automated sharing, while it assigns another button 222 toexecute capture of photo/video with automated sharing 752. A person ofordinary skill in the art will appreciate, however, that it is notnecessary to have two buttons, as there are for example a variety ofways to programmatically configure a single input structure (e.g., bylong-press of a button, double press of a button, manipulation of atouch surface, audio instructions to a mic, etc.) to allow a user toselect between standard capture 750 versus capture for automatic sharing752. Accordingly, although FIG. 2 depicts an example wherein eyeweardevice 200 has two input structures 222, other numbers and types ofinput structures 222 may be incorporated.

In one example, the system includes a first processor in eyewear device200 and a second processor in a client device such as mobile device 890,the second processor of mobile device 890 syncs with the first processorof eyewear device 200, and the second processor of mobile device 890shares the at least one image over a network. In a further example ofthis configuration, the second processor of mobile device 890 appliesthe sharing profile to the image captured by eyewear device 200 and thenshares the image in accordance with automatic share options andautomatic audience options of the sharing profile. In another example,the system is entirely embodied in a single portable electronic devicesuch as an eyewear device 200, such that a single processer on eyeweardevice 200 may be configured to perform functions including setting asharing profile with automatic share options and automatic audienceoptions, capturing an image, applying the automatic share options andautomatic audience options of the sharing profile of the sharingprofile, and sharing the image over a network.

In one example that includes a client device such as a mobile device890, eyewear device 200 is agnostic as to the ultimate disposition ofthe image upon capture. Such a configuration may apply because, as notedabove, the automatic sharing profile(s) can be established on mobiledevice 890 virtually any time so long as it is before eyewear device 200has captured the images and syncs 770 with mobile device 890. In such asituation, the eyewear device 200 may be agnostic as to the assignmentof input structures 222 at the time the image is captured, so long asthe mobile device 890 is armed with the automatic sharing profile(s) andany data from eyewear device 200 relating to the capture (such as whichinput device 222 was used, or how it was used, in relation to automaticsharing) by the time of syncing 770, so that mobile device 890 is ableto handle the new image according to the automatic sharing profile.

Each data set 572 includes information about the camera orientationcollected by the IMU 972. In some implementations, each data set 572includes information about the camera orientation associated with eachand every image and/or frame in each video segment.

After the series 540 of images segments is captured, according to oneimplementation, the continued execution of the instructions of the imagecomposition system 500 by the mobile CPU 830 configures the mobiledevice 890 to process the series 540 of images segments in accordancewith the one or more profiles for capture and processing. The processingof images segments in accordance with the capture and/or processingprofiles 710 is depicted as step 780 in FIG. 5 .

In one example, the one or more profiles for capture and processing 710comprise selected options for applying at least one “effect” prior tosharing. The effect(s) may be a visual effect such as filters, toning,border(s), caption(s), location tag(s), augmented reality features,and/or audio effects such as music, noises, or alteration of recordedaudio (pitch, etc.).

The one or more profiles for capture and processing 710 may be separatefrom the automatic sharing profile(s) 720 or include parts that arecomponents of the sharing profile(s) 720. According to the example, theoptions identified by one or more profiles for capture and processing710 are automatically applied to the images after capture 752. In threeexamples, the effects may be applied 760 by the companion device 200upon capture, the effects may be applied 780 by the client device 890upon syncing and executing the composition system, or any combination ofthe two.

In one example, processing options and/or instructions are included in aseparate processing profile 520. The processing profile 520 in someexample configurations includes a stabilization setting. Examplestabilization settings include No (do not perform stabilization duringprocessing), Yes, and Custom (wherein the user selects a particular typeof stabilization). The default stabilization setting may be set to Yesand may include instructions to (1) calculate a camera orientation 585associated with each raw image segment, based on the data set 572associated with each particular image segment, (2) compute a stabilizedoutput path 590 based on the calculated camera orientation(s) 585, and(3) combine the series 540 of images segments in accordance with thestabilized output path 590 to produce an image composition 600.

The one or more profiles for capture and processing, e.g., the captureprofile 510, includes a set of conditions or variables which determinehow and when the camera(s) 218 on the eyewear device 200 will capturethe series 540 of raw video segments. In one example, a capture profile510 includes a start condition, a segment duration, a pause duration(between segments), and a quantity of segments. For example, a captureprofile 510 may include a start condition equal to 9:18 p.m., a segmentduration of six seconds, a pause duration of twenty seconds, and aquantity of ten segments. In accordance with this capture profile, thevideo cameras 218 on the eyewear device 200 would capture ten six-secondvideo segments, with a twenty-second pause between each segment,starting at 9:18 p.m. This example capture profile 510 may be referredto as a fixed capture profile to the extent the conditions are set inadvance of the image capturing and do not change.

The inertial measurement unit (IMU) 972 of the eyewear device 200collects information about the position, orientation, and motion of theeyewear device 200 during capturing. The image composition system 500configures the eyewear device 200 to collect data form the IMU 972during the process of capturing each image segment. Each data set fromthe IMU 972 is associated with at least one image and/or frame of theraw video segment being captured. In some implementations, the eyeweardevice 200 will collect a first data set from the IMU 972 that isassociated with each and every first frame of the first raw videosegment. The data set(s) 572 collected from the IMU 972 may be stored inthe memory 934, as shown in FIG. 3 .

For each data set 572 stored in memory 934, the image composition system500 configures the mobile device 890 to calculate a camera orientation585. The camera orientation(s) 585 calculated by the mobile device 890may be stored in the memory 840A, as shown in FIG. 4 .

The composition system 500 configures the mobile device 890 to compute astabilized output path 590 for video, which is among the variouspotential functions that are envisioned as coming within the scope ofblock 780 in FIG. 5 , although other composition functions as describedherein or known to a person of ordinary skill in the art may also beincluded.

In some example implementations, the execution of the instructions ofthe image composition system 500 configures the eyewear device 200—inaccordance with the capture profile 510—to gather sensor data 580, whichincludes information collected by the sensor array 980. The sensor array980 includes the camera(s) 218, a user input device 222 such as a buttonor touchpad, a microphone 993, a depth sensor 213, and the inertialmeasurement unit (IMU) 972. In this example, the capture profile 510 isa reactive capture profile; instead of a fixed set of conditions, theconditions are reactive to sensor data 580 gathered in real time fromthe sensor array 980. For example, the reactive capture profile mayinclude a reactive start condition configured to start recording whenthe sensor data 580 includes a start input. The start input could be anaudible start command received by the microphone 993 in the sensor array980, a physical start command received by the input device 222 (such astap or tap pattern on the button or touchpad), a start gesture made bythe wearer and captured by the camera(s) 218, a select orientation ofthe eyewear device 100 (vertical, horizontal, still for a time) asindicated by the data set 572 collected by the IMU 972, or a selectlighting condition as captured by the camera(s) 218. The selectorientation of the eyewear device 200 may include a position componentand a time component. For example, a select orientation may include asubstantially horizontal position (on the face, for example) held for aminimum time period (e.g., for a number of seconds without moving inexcess of a threshold value). Similarly, a select orientation mayinclude a substantially vertical position (e.g., in a pocket, hanging ona shirt collar) held for a minimum time period.

A processing profile 520 in some examples includes a stabilizationsetting (e.g., no, yes, a custom selection of a particular stabilizationalgorithm), an interval effect (a visual effect to apply betweensegments, if any; e.g., cut, dissolve, fade, wipe), a visual layer(e.g., toning, color wash, border, frame, overlay elements), an audiolayer (e.g., silence, the ambient sound, a musical soundtrack, avoice-over narration), and a playback speed (relative to the recordingspeed). Each setting may include a default setting, along with a userinterface allowing the user to adjust each setting. For example, aprocessing profile 520 by default may include Yes for the stabilizationsetting, Cut for the interval effect (such that the video composition600 is seamless between segments), None for the visual layer (no toningor added elements), Silence for the audio layer, and 2× for the playbackspeed.

In a related aspect the processing profile 520 may one or more reactivesettings; that is, settings that change in accordance with the first orsecond data sets and/or the first or second camera orientations and/orthe stabilized output path. For example, information within the firstdata set may suggest that a particular stabilization algorithm is wellsuited to the data. Information contained in the stabilized output pathmay suggest that a particular playback speed is well suited for thevideo composition during playback.

Upon syncing 770 the client device, e.g., mobile device 890, with thecompanion device, e.g., eyewear device 200, the automatic sharingprofiles are applied by mobile device 890 to the newly captured 752images. In this manner, the send profile options 730 and audienceprofile options 732 are applied to the captured images at 790 so thatthe mobile device 890 or other client device can share and/or post 800according to the options defined by the profile(s).

Accordingly, a user is able to automate image capture, composition, andsharing using a companion device for capturing and a client device forsharing, with either or both devices taking part in the composition.

Any of the image capture, composition and sharing functionalitydescribed herein for the eyewear device 200, the mobile device 890, andthe server system 998 can be embodied in one more computer softwareapplications or sets of programming instructions, as described herein.According to some examples, “function,” “functions,” “application,”“applications,” “instruction,” “instructions,” or “programming” areprogram(s) that execute functions defined in the programs. Variousprogramming languages can be employed to create one or more of theapplications, structured in a variety of manners, such asobject-oriented programming languages (e.g., Objective-C, Java, or C++)or procedural programming languages (e.g., C or assembly language). In aspecific example, a third-party application (e.g., an applicationdeveloped using the ANDROID™ or IOS™ software development kit (SDK) byan entity other than the vendor of the particular platform) may includemobile software running on a mobile operating system such as IOS™,ANDROID™, WINDOWS® Phone, or another mobile operating systems. In thisexample, the third-party application can invoke API calls provided bythe operating system to facilitate functionality described herein.

Hence, a machine-readable medium may take many forms of tangible storagemedium. Non-volatile storage media include, for example, optical ormagnetic disks, such as any of the storage devices in any computerdevices or the like, such as may be used to implement the client device,media gateway, transcoder, etc. shown in the drawings. Volatile storagemedia include dynamic memory, such as main memory of such a computerplatform. Tangible transmission media include coaxial cables; copperwire and fiber optics, including the wires that comprise a bus within acomputer system. Carrier-wave transmission media may take the form ofelectric or electromagnetic signals, or acoustic or light waves such asthose generated during radio frequency (RF) and infrared (IR) datacommunications. Common forms of computer-readable media thereforeinclude for example: a floppy disk, a flexible disk, hard disk, magnetictape, any other magnetic medium, a CD-ROM, DVD or DVD-ROM, any otheroptical medium, punch cards paper tape, any other physical storagemedium with patterns of holes, a RAM, a PROM and EPROM, a FLASH-EPROM,any other memory chip or cartridge, a carrier wave transporting data orinstructions, cables or links transporting such a carrier wave, or anyother medium from which a computer may read programming code and/ordata. Many of these forms of computer readable media may be involved incarrying one or more sequences of one or more instructions to aprocessor for execution.

Except as stated immediately above, nothing that has been stated orillustrated is intended or should be interpreted to cause a dedicationof any component, step, feature, object, benefit, advantage, orequivalent to the public, regardless of whether it is or is not recitedin the claims.

It will be understood that the terms and expressions used herein havethe ordinary meaning as is accorded to such terms and expressions withrespect to their corresponding respective areas of inquiry and studyexcept where specific meanings have otherwise been set forth herein.Relational terms such as first and second and the like may be usedsolely to distinguish one entity or action from another withoutnecessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or orderbetween such entities or actions. The terms “comprises,” “comprising,”“includes,” “including,” or any other variation thereof, are intended tocover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article,or apparatus that comprises or includes a list of elements or steps doesnot include only those elements or steps but may include other elementsor steps not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method,article, or apparatus. An element preceded by “a” or “an” does not,without further constraints, preclude the existence of additionalidentical elements in the process, method, article, or apparatus thatcomprises the element.

Unless otherwise stated, any and all measurements, values, ratings,positions, magnitudes, sizes, and other specifications that are setforth in this specification, including in the claims that follow, areapproximate, not exact. Such amounts are intended to have a reasonablerange that is consistent with the functions to which they relate andwith what is customary in the art to which they pertain. For example,unless expressly stated otherwise, a parameter value or the like mayvary by as much as ±10% from the stated amount.

In addition, in the foregoing Detailed Description, it can be seen thatvarious features are grouped together in various examples for thepurpose of streamlining the disclosure. This method of disclosure is notto be interpreted as reflecting an intention that the claimed examplesrequire more features than are expressly recited in each claim. Rather,as the following claims reflect, the subject matter to be protected liesin less than all features of any single disclosed example. Thus, thefollowing claims are hereby incorporated into the Detailed Description,with each claim standing on its own as a separately claimed subjectmatter.

While the foregoing has described what are considered to be the bestmode and other examples, it is understood that various modifications maybe made therein and that the subject matter disclosed herein may beimplemented in various forms and examples, and that they may be appliedin numerous applications, only some of which have been described herein.It is intended by the following claims to claim any and allmodifications and variations that fall within the true scope of thepresent concepts.

What is claimed is:
 1. An image capture and sharing system, the systemcomprising: a camera configured to capture at least one image; a userinput device configured to receive at least one share instruction; amemory and a processor coupled to the camera and the user input device;and programming in the memory, wherein execution of the programming bythe processor configures the system to perform functions, includingfunctions to: establish a sharing profile comprising automatic sendoptions for sending a captured image and automatic audience options forestablishing an audience for sharing of the captured image, theautomatic send options including at least one of a last selected sendoption, automatically sending and sharing the at least one capturedimage upon connection, automatically sending and sharing the at leastone captured image after a delay, or holding the at least one capturedimage for review, and the automatic audience options including at leastone of a last selected audience, a most recent chat, or a story of auser; apply the sharing profile to at least one image automaticallyafter capture; and share over a network the at least one image accordingto the automatic send options and automatic audience options.
 2. Thesystem according to claim 1, further comprising an eyewear deviceincluding a frame having a temple connected to a lateral side of theframe, the camera, and the user input device.
 3. The system according toclaim 1, wherein the user input device has at least two buttons forexecuting the capture of the at least one image by the camera.
 4. Thesystem according to claim 3, wherein the sharing profile comprisesoptions for assigning the buttons of the user input device to execute atleast one of manual or automatic sharing functions.
 5. The systemaccording to claim 4, further comprising a user device, wherein thesharing profile assigns a first button to a standard video/photohandling without automatic send functionality and a second button toautomatically share captured images via the user device when connectedto the user device.
 6. The system according to claim 3, whereinexecution of the programming by the processor configures the system toperform functions, including functions to: establish a capture profileincluding options for assigning one or more of the buttons of the userinput device to execute at least one of manual or automatic sharingfunctions.
 7. The system according to claim 6, wherein the captureprofile includes options for assigning a button to enable the user toselect between standard capture versus capture for automatic sharingbased on at least one of a duration of pressing of the button, a numberof times the button is pressed, manipulation of a touch surface by theuser, or audio instructions from the user.
 8. The system according toclaim 6, further comprising a sensor array that senses a set ofconditions or variables that determine how and when the camera willcapture a series of raw image segments, wherein the capture profileincludes the set of conditions or variables.
 9. The system according toclaim 8, wherein the capture profile includes at least one of a startcondition, a segment duration, a pause duration between segments, or aquantity of segments.
 10. The system according to claim 1, whereinexecution of the programming by the processor configures the system toperform functions, including functions to: establish one or moreprofiles for capture and processing of the at least one image, the oneor more profiles for capture and processing comprising options forapplying at least one effect prior to sharing the at least one image,the effect comprising at least one of a visual effect or an audioeffect.
 11. The system according to claim 10, wherein the visual effectcomprises at least one of a filter, toning, a border, a caption, alocation tag, or an augmented reality feature and the audio effectcomprises at least one of music, noises, or alteration of recordedaudio.
 12. The system according to claim 10, further comprising a userdevice, wherein the one or more profiles for capture and processing areautomatically applied to the at least one image upon capture by thecamera, by the user device upon syncing, or both.
 13. The systemaccording to claim 1, further comprising a sensor array that sensesconditions, wherein execution of the programming by the processorconfigures the system to perform functions, including functions to:establish a processing profile including at least one of a stabilizationsetting, an interval effect, a visual layer, an audio layer, a playbackspeed, or one or more reactive settings that change in accordance withat least one of conditions sensed by the sensor array, orientation ofthe camera, or stabilization of the camera during image capture.
 14. Animage capture and sharing method, comprising: receiving options for asharing profile comprising automatic send options for sending a capturedimage and automatic audience options for establishing an audience forsharing of the captured image, the automatic send options including atleast one of a last selected send option, automatically sending andsharing the at least one captured image upon connection, automaticallysending and sharing the at least one captured image after a delay, orholding the at least one captured image for review, and the automaticaudience options including at least one of a last selected audience, amost recent chat, or a story of a user; applying the sharing profile toat least one image automatically after capture; and sharing over anetwork the at least one image according to the automatic send optionsand automatic audience options.
 15. The method according to claim 14,further comprising capturing the at least one image using a camera of aneyewear device, the eyewear device including a frame having a templeconnected to a lateral side of the frame, the camera, and a user inputdevice.
 16. The method according to claim 14, further comprisingestablishing a capture profile including a set of conditions orvariables that determine how and when a camera will capture a series ofraw image segments as the captured image, wherein the capture profileincludes at least one of a start condition, a segment duration, a pauseduration between segments, or a quantity of segments.
 17. The methodaccording to claim 14, further comprising establishing one or moreprofiles for capture and processing of the at least one image, the oneor more profiles for capture and processing comprising options forapplying at least one effect prior to sharing the at least one image,the effect comprising at least one of a visual effect or an audioeffect, wherein the visual effect comprises at least one of a filter,toning, a border, a caption, a location tag, or an augmented realityfeature and the audio effect comprises at least one of music, noises, oralteration of recorded audio.
 18. The method according to claim 17,further comprising establishing a processing profile including at leastone of a stabilization setting, an interval effect, a visual layer, anaudio layer, a playback speed, or one or more reactive settings thatchange in accordance with at least one of conditions sensed by a sensorarray, orientation of a camera that captures the at least one capturedimage, or stabilization of the camera during image capture.
 19. Anon-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions which,when executed by a processor, cause an electronic system to: receiveoptions for a sharing profile comprising automatic send options forsending a captured image and automatic audience options for establishingan audience for sharing of the captured image, the automatic sendoptions including at least one of a last selected send option,automatically sending and sharing the at least one captured image uponconnection, automatically sending and sharing the at least one capturedimage after a delay, or holding the at least one captured image forreview, and the automatic audience options including at least one of alast selected audience, a most recent chat, or a story of a user; applythe sharing profile to at least one image automatically after capture;and share over a network the at least one image according to theautomatic send options and automatic audience options.
 20. The mediumaccording to claim 19, further comprising instructions that, whenexecuted by the processor, cause the electronic system to capture the atleast one image using a camera of an eyewear device, the eyewear deviceincluding a frame having a temple connected to a lateral side of theframe, the camera, and a user input device.